SCI 440 - Sustainability Projects

Students completing Sustainability Projects will develop understanding of the depth and meaning to the term “sustainability” and its differentiation from “sustainable development”. This may include topical material on Sustainability Principles, Local and Global Climate Change, and Consumption Patterns in the developed and developing world with an eye towards local and regional consumption patterns. Also topics of Environmental Refugees, population transitions and migration, utilizing Maine examples, may be explored as well as general ecosystem threats and challenges. Topics will center on the Human Animal as a sustainable individual and species and local food production (fad or changing marketplace). Outcomes include: Relevant literature review and problem awareness, challenge determination, proposal writing and presentation, community-based challenge protocol formulation; field experiences and report writing and community presentation.

Prerequisite(s): SCI 360 or permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3

Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Natural Science